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EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 



The exhibition of the fruits, of all kinds, far surpassed 

 that of all former years, not only in the variety, but also in 

 the increased proportion of the new and finest kinds, which 

 never yet have been seen or known at any former exhibition. 

 Generally speaking, all the fruits which were on these days 

 exhibited, were fine. The fruits offered by Messrs Manning 

 and Ives, whose gardens are contiguous, occupied nearly the 

 whole of the Western table, and amongst those especially of 

 Mr Manning were many of the new kinds of Pears, so lately 

 introduced, and which are now fast coming into bearing. 

 These above constituted the finest selection of the kind, 

 which has ever yet been w^itnessed in the country. 



The following is the account of the exhibition. 



From the Hon. John Lowell, specimens of two varieties 

 of Pears : one the Beurre Spence, which M. Van Mons had 

 once designated as the finest pear he had ever raised ; the 

 specimen an oblong good sized fruit, contracted near the 

 summit, of a yellow russetty color, the flavor delicious. Al- 

 so the Beurre Crappaud, another variety sent to Mr Low- 

 ell by the Chevaher Parmentier of Enghien ; a fruit of medi- 

 um size and turbinate form, bright scarlet next the sun and 

 yellow in the shade, beurre and of delicious flavor. 



From the Hon. Mr Vose, President of the Society. 



Pears. — Williams Bon Chretien, Andrews, Passe Colmar, 

 Lewis, Napoleon, Duchesse D'Angouleme, Urbaniste, Bro- 

 ca's Bergamotte, Julienne, Mouille Bouche. 



Apples. — Hawthorndean, English Codlin, Large Red 

 Sweeting. 



Peaches. — Grosse Mignonne, George IV., Red and Yel- 

 low Rareripe. 



Grapes. — Chasselas ; and an ornamented basket of fruit. 



Melons. — A fine large yellow variety of the Rock Meloo 

 from Paris. 



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